The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002

Made: 18th July 2002

Coming into force: 23rd July 2002

The National Assembly for Wales, acting in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) and (1A)(e) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964[^f00001], after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Title, extent and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002, shall extend to Wales and shall come into force on 23rd July 2002.

Amendment

2

For Schedules 1 to 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985[^f00002] there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE — PROVISIONS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE SCHEDULES TO THE SEEDS (FEES) REGULATIONS 1985

Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[^f00003]

John Marek — The Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly — 18th July 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 (as amended). They prescribe revised fees in respect of matters arising under the Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Beet Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended) and the Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) Regulations 1985 (as amended) (regulation 2).

The matters in respect of which the revised fees are prescribed are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations, and the fees which were chargeable before these Regulations came into force are printed in italics beside the revised fees.

All fees have been increased by 5 per cent. rounded to the nearest five pence except in the case of the annual fee for Licensed Seed Testing Stations which has been reduced by £335.

A Regulatory Appraisal has been prepared and copies can be obtained from the National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3); see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) for a definition of “the Minister”; the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State for Wales by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272); and under article 2(a) and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) these functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1985/981; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/610, 1999/1553 and 1865, 2001/2533 (W. 210) and 2002/1554(W.152).

[^f00003]: 1998 c. 38.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1993/2005, amended by S.I. 1995/1482, 1997/616, 1999/1860 and 2001/3664 (W. 296).

[^f00005]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1870 (W.183)) on 23rd July 2002.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1993/2009, amended by S.I. 1993/2529, 1996/1453, 1997/616, 1999/1864 and 2001/3665 (W. 297).

[^f00008]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1870 (W.183)) on 23rd July 2002.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1993/2007, amended by S.I. 1994/1423, 1996/1451, 1997/616, 1999/1862 and 2001/3669(W.300).

[^f00012]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1870 (W.183)) on 23rd July 2002.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1993/2006, amended by S.I. 1997/616, 1999/1861 and 2001/3658 (W.295).

[^f00015]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1870 (W.183)) on 23rd July 2002.

[^f00016]: S.I. 1993/2006, amended by S.I. 1997/616, 1999/1861 and 2001/3667 (W. 299).

[^f00017]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1870 (W.183)) on 23rd July 2002.

[^f00019]: S.I. 1985/980, amended by S.I. 1987/1098, 1990/611 and 1993/2530.

[^f00020]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) ( No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1870 (W.183)) on 23rd July 2002.